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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ap Correspondent

Rupert Murdoch loses Fox News ‘Succession case’ in bitter family row

Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to give his eldest son control of his family media empire has been blocked by a US court after a lengthy legal battle with three of his other children (Victoria Jones/PA) - (PA Archive)

Rupert Murdoch’s has had his effort to change his family’s trust to give one of his sons control of his media empire and ensure Fox News maintains its conservative editorial slant rejected.

In a decision filed on Saturday, a probate commissioner in Nevada concluded that Murdoch, 93, and his son, Lachlan Murdoch, had acted in “bad faith” in their endeavor to amend the irrevocable trust, The New York Times reported on Monday.

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